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						 <title>Offshore workers</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2511</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In its Judgment in Case C-347/10, the Court of...]]></description>
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						 <title>Restructuring and change</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2510</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has launched a public debate...]]></description>
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						 <title>SME Performance Review</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2509</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A report prepared for the European Commission, ’Do...]]></description>
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						 <title>Old statistics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2504</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Marking the European Year for Active Ageing and...]]></description>
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						 <title>Insurance premiums</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2493</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In response to a Court of Justice ruling that different...]]></description>
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						 <title>SGI</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2484</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A Quality Framework for Services of General Interest...]]></description>
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						 <title>YOI</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2482</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In the 'Youth Opportunities Initiative' (COM(2011) 933)...]]></description>
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						 <title>Professional Qualifications Directive</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2479</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Under a proposal to modernise the Professional...]]></description>
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						 <title>ESDE</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2472</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The first annual review of Employment and Social...]]></description>
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						 <title>Immigrants</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2465</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In its Conclusions ’on the European Agenda for the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Disability consultation</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2461</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A public consultation has been launched by the European...]]></description>
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						 <title>’Single Permit Directive’</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2459</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[MEPs have voted to adopt the ’Single Permit Directive’...]]></description>
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						 <title>Immigrants</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2448</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[New from Eurostat is ’Migrants in Europe - A statistical...]]></description>
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						 <title>'Silver economy'</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2425</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has adopted Conclusions on ’Ageing as an...]]></description>
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						 <title>Family reunification</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2393</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has launched a public debate...]]></description>
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						 <title>Unemployment statistics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2390</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Statistics in Focus 57/2011 gives details of three new...]]></description>
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						 <title>Death statistics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2389</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[An article on ’Causes of death statistics at regional...]]></description>
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						 <title>Migrant workers</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2380</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission’s Report 'on the Functioning of the...]]></description>
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						 <title>EU households</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2347</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Statistics in Focus 52/2011 looks at living arrangements...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment statistics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2322</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The 115-page Eurostat pocketbook 'Labour market...]]></description>
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						 <title>ESF</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2300</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has discussed the future role of the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Volunteering</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2297</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has adopted Conclusions on the role of...]]></description>
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						 <title>Food aid</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2271</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Following the Council’s failure to agree proposed...]]></description>
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						 <title>Volunteering</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2266</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In the context of the European Year of Volunteering...]]></description>
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						 <title>EGF</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2232</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission’s Report ’on the activities of the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Integration</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2216</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A 'European Agenda for the Integration of Third-Country...]]></description>
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						 <title>Shipping</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2214</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Task Force on Maritime Employment and...]]></description>
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						 <title>Commission staff changes</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2175</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has announced it is to...]]></description>
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						 <title>EGF</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2138</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Assistance from the European Globalisation Fund (EGF)...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment guidelines</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2111</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Council Decision 2011/308/EU ’on guidelines for...]]></description>
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						 <title>Daphne</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2110</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission’s ’Report on the interim evaluation...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2105</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[MEPs on Parliament’s Women's Committee may vote...]]></description>
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						 <title>Migrant workers</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2078</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A Eurobarometer survey suggests that 53% of young...]]></description>
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						 <title>Ageing</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2065</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The challenges posed by the Union’s increasingly ageing...]]></description>
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						 <title>Migrant workers</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2057</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[1 May 2011 sees the removal of restrictions on...]]></description>
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						 <title>European Voluntary Humanitarian Corps</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2036</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[3 May is the deadline for responses to a public...]]></description>
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						 <title>Income inequalities</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=2017</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A recent edition of ’Statistics in focus’ entitled 'The...]]></description>
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						 <title>Working for the EU</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1961</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[16 March sees the opening of the second annual...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1947</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A 'European Pact for gender equality for the period...]]></description>
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						 <title>Poverty and social exclusion</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1946</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has adopted Conclusions 'on the European...]]></description>
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						 <title>Equal pay</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1943</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[5 March was the first EU-wide Equal Pay Day. Staged...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender statistics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1941</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Ahead of International Women's Day on 8 March,...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social partners</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1938</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[According to the 'Industrial Relations in Europe 2010...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment statistics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1931</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[New data on unemployment statistics has been added...]]></description>
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						 <title>Insurance and gender</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1930</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Ruling in the Test-Achats case (C-236/09), the Court...]]></description>
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						 <title>Stress at work</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1917</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A 'Report on the implementation of the European...]]></description>
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						 <title>Housing statistics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1915</link>
						 <description><![CDATA['Housing conditions in Europe in 2009' is a 12-page...]]></description>
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						 <title>Late Payment Directive</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1907</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The text of Directive 2011/7/EU 'on combating late...]]></description>
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						 <title>Women, peace, security ...</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1874</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has published 'Women, Peace and Security...]]></description>
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						 <title>Low pay</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1873</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The 'Minimum wage statistics' file on Eurostat's...]]></description>
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						 <title>Job vacancies</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1866</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Eurostat's 'Statistics explained' website has added...]]></description>
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						 <title>Single Permit Directive</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1856</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[MEPs on Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee have...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender pay gap</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1846</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Eurostat's 'Statistics explained' website now includes...]]></description>
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						 <title>Drugs</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1839</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Conclusions 'on the Drugs Situation in Europe 2010'...]]></description>
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						 <title>Public procurement</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1838</link>
						 <description><![CDATA['Buying social: a Guide to taking account of social...]]></description>
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						 <title>Services of general interest</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1837</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has produced a new guide to...]]></description>
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						 <title>Late Payment Directive</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1824</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council - in the form of Agriculture and Fisheries...]]></description>
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						 <title>Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1792</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Union has formally ratified the UN...]]></description>
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						 <title>Working Time Directive</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1780</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In the context of its review of the Working Time Directive...]]></description>
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						 <title>Roma</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1777</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Task Force established to assess Member States'...]]></description>
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						 <title>Equal opportunities</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1771</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has launched a new internal...]]></description>
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						 <title>Poverty and social exclusion</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1764</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The text of COM (2010) 758 'The European Platform...]]></description>
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						 <title>EURES</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1761</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission's 'EURES Activity Report...]]></description>
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						 <title>Poverty and social exclusion</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1757</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Communication 'The European Platform against...]]></description>
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						 <title>Ambient Assisted Living</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1756</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A report from the European Commission on the progress...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social statistics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1741</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[According to 'Income and living conditions in Europe'...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social services</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1703</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has adopted Conclusions on 'Social...]]></description>
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						 <title>Poverty</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1699</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A Council Declaration on 'The European Year for...]]></description>
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						 <title>Pensions</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1698</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has adopted Conclusions on 'Adequate,...]]></description>
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						 <title>Online CV</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1686</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[An online CV facility offered by the 'Europass'...]]></description>
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						 <title>European Year of Volunteering 2011</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1681</link>
						 <description><![CDATA['Volunteer! Make a difference' is the slogan of the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Graduate skills</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1680</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Graduates with language, teamwork, communication...]]></description>
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						 <title>EVHAC</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1658</link>
						 <description><![CDATA['How to express EU citizen's solidarity through...]]></description>
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						 <title>Jobs Agenda</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1656</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2010) 682 is the Commission's Communication...]]></description>
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						 <title>Ageing consultation</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1653</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has launched an online...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment in Europe report</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1646</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Covering 2010, the 22nd annual Employment in Europe...]]></description>
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						 <title>Disability Strategy</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1611</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2010) 636 is the Communication ’European Disability...]]></description>
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						 <title>Working time and gender</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1568</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[According to the report 'Flexible working time arrangements...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment guidelines</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1562</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Council...]]></description>
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						 <title>Living at home</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1526</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Data published by Eurostat shows that, in 2008, one in three...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1484</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2010) 491 is the Commission's Communication...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1466</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A five-year strategy for promoting equality between women...]]></description>
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						 <title>Food aid</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1455</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has adopted an amended proposal...]]></description>
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						 <title>Cooperatives</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1454</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2010) 481 is a Commission Report 'on the review of...]]></description>
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						 <title>Youth on the Move</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1445</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Youth on the Move is a new flagship initiative to help improve...]]></description>
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						 <title>EGF</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1430</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2010) 464 is the Commission’s third annual report...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gay rights call</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1427</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[MEPs have called for more rights for same sex couples...]]></description>
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						 <title>Year for Active Ageing</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1422</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2010) 462 is a Commission Proposal to designate 2012...]]></description>
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						 <title>Roma Task Force</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1421</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has established a Roma Task...]]></description>
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						 <title>Equality for self-employed</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1410</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Directive 2010/41/EU 'on the application of the principle of...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social dialogue</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1392</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has published a Staff Working...]]></description>
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						 <title>Faith groups</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1382</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Commission President José Manuel Barroso, European...]]></description>
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						 <title>Seasonal work</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1372</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A proposal for a Directive on seasonal employment aims to...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employee transfers</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1371</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Commission proposals could make it easier for multinational...]]></description>
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						 <title>Migrant workers</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1370</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2010) 373 is the Communication 'Reaffirming the free...]]></description>
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						 <title>Pensions</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1353</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has published the Green Paper...]]></description>
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						 <title>Benefit payments</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1331</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has sent a formal request to the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Recession poll</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1329</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Results from a Eurobarometer survey on social impacts of the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Disability Convention</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1291</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EU Member States are being urged to ratify the UN Convention...]]></description>
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						 <title>Sharps injuries</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1285</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has adopted a Directive aimed at achieving...]]></description>
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						 <title>Equal treatment</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1274</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In an Opinion delivered on 6 May in case C&#8209;104/09,...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social security</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1265</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[1 May saw new regulations on social security coordination...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment guidelines</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1258</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2010) 193 is a 'Proposal for a Council Decision on...]]></description>
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						 <title>ESF</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1242</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Summary of 'Making it work: the European Social Fund'...]]></description>
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						 <title>Migrants</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1240</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is to issue the third edition...]]></description>
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						 <title>Poverty Year competition</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1233</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A competition has been launched for journalists reporting...]]></description>
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						 <title>Roma</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1227</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission's Communication 'The social and economic...]]></description>
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						 <title>Roma</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1223</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has published a mid-term...]]></description>
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						 <title>Sexual abuse, human trafficking</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1209</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Two draft Directives announced yesterday have now been...]]></description>
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						 <title>Europe 2020</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1207</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Conclusions of the 25-26 March European Council...]]></description>
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						 <title>Sexual abuse</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1206</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on...]]></description>
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						 <title>Human trafficking</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1205</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A proposal for a Directive on preventing and combating...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1196</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Published ahead of a new gender equality strategy to be...]]></description>
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						 <title>Working Time Directive</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1191</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A consultation has been launched on the options for...]]></description>
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						 <title>Parental leave</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1174</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Official Journal L68 includes the text of Council...]]></description>
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						 <title>Violence against women</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1151</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[To mark International Women's Day, the Council has...]]></description>
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						 <title>Parental leave</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1150</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A new Directive adopted by the Council extends...]]></description>
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						 <title>Microfinance</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1149</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has adopted a Decision establishing a...]]></description>
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						 <title>Poverty and social exclusion</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1144</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Coinciding with the European Year for Combating...]]></description>
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						 <title>Pay gap</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1142</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission is to use a series of measures to...]]></description>
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						 <title>Women</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1141</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[To mark International Women's Day on 8 March,...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social protection and inclusion</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1136</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The 2010 'Joint Report on Social Protection and...]]></description>
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						 <title>Europe 2020</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1133</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has published 'EUROPE 2020: A...]]></description>
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						 <title>Women</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1123</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A 2010 edition of 'Europe for women' is now...]]></description>
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						 <title>Undeclared work</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1116</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A 107-page 'Study on indirect measurement methods for...]]></description>
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						 <title>Maternity leave</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1108</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Parliament's Women's Rights Committee wants to...]]></description>
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						 <title>Disabled people</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1107</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[MEPs on Parliament's Human Rights Committee...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender law</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1103</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The latest issue of 'European Gender Equality Law...]]></description>
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						 <title>Skills and jobs</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1073</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The report 'New Skills for New Jobs: Action Now'...]]></description>
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						 <title>Crisis Committee</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1070</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament's Crisis Committee has...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social situation</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1067</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A Eurobarometer survey on the social climate in...]]></description>
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						 <title>Vocational training for women</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1058</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Court of Auditors has published a...]]></description>
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						 <title>Disability Convention</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1054</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Council Decision 2010/48/EC concerns the conclusion...]]></description>
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						 <title>'Stop Poverty Now!'</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1051</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission and the Spanish...]]></description>
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						 <title>Equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1022</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2009) 694, 'Equality between women and men...]]></description>
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						 <title>Joint Employment Report</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1021</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Draft Joint Employment Report (JER) 2009/2010...]]></description>
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						 <title>Jobs for women</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1014</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission claims that women are generally in...]]></description>
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						 <title>Discrimination</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1008</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[To mark the 30th anniversary of the UN International...]]></description>
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						 <title>JER</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=1000</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The 'Joint Employment Report 2009' (JER) has been...]]></description>
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						 <title>Foreign citizens</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=999</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Eurostat has issued figures on the number of foreign...]]></description>
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						 <title>'Golden Stars' awards</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=997</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Eight projects have been officially awarded the...]]></description>
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						 <title>EIGE</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=996</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)...]]></description>
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						 <title>Company survey</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=994</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Eurofound, the European Foundation for the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Year for Combating Poverty</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=981</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has published the first issue of a...]]></description>
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						 <title>EU 2020</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=952</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2009) 647 is the Commission's consultative...]]></description>
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						 <title>Parental leave, ageing, Beijing</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=946</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[At the 30 November meeting of the Employment,...]]></description>
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						 <title>Disability</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=939</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Ahead of the International Day of Persons with...]]></description>
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						 <title>'European Year of Volunteering'</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=933</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council has agreed to designate 2011 as...]]></description>
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						 <title>'She Figures'</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=921</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Women represent only 30% of European researchers...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=918</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2009) 649 is a Commission background paper...]]></description>
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						 <title>Volunteering</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=916</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[MEPs on the Education and Culture Committee have...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment in Europe Report</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=910</link>
						 <description><![CDATA['Key messages from the Employment in Europe 2009...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Employment in Europe Report</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=907</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The 2009 Employment in Europe Report shows that...]]></description>
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						 <title>Food aid for EU</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=901</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has published its 2010 food aid plan...]]></description>
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						 <title>Discrimination</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=856</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Published shortly before the European Equality...]]></description>
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						 <title>Women's rights</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=851</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament's  Women's Rights...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Poverty</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=801</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Ahead of the 2010 European Year Against Poverty, a...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Driving hours</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=758</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament's Employment Committee...]]></description>
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						 <title>'Succession Regulation'</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=757</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has adopted a draft Regulation...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Women and ICT</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=738</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has launched a 'European Directory...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Working Time Directive - doctors</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=725</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has issued opinions...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Gender equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=724</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The expert report 'Gender and Education (and...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social cohesion</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=705</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A new report on the EU's strategy for growth and...]]></description>
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						 <title>Food aid</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=679</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Court of Auditors Special Report 6/2009...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Environmental and social indicators</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=624</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Although widely used to measure macro-economic...]]></description>
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						 <title>'Progress' report</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=617</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[’Progress’ is the Community Programme for...]]></description>
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						 <title>Road transport</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=606</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2009) 416 is the 24th Report from the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Road transport</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=605</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In its Report 'on the implementation in 2005-2006 of...]]></description>
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						 <title>Population</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=599</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Latest figures from Eurostat show that the EU's...]]></description>
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						 <title>Parental leave</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=593</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2009) 410 is a proposal for a Council Directive...]]></description>
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						 <title>Child support</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=587</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A 'Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=585</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A Commission report identifies problems and good...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social security</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=577</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[After 11 years discussion, new EU rules on...]]></description>
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						 <title>European Social Fund</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=559</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Changes to Cohesion Policy rules aimed at boosting...]]></description>
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						 <title>Housing support</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=556</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2009) 382 is a draft Regulation aimed at...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Economic and employment policies</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=536</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Official Journal L183 includes the text of Council...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=523</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Council Decision 2009/536/EC 'on guidelines for the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Funding</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=493</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A draft Decision from the Commission (COM (2009)...]]></description>
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						 <title>Childcare</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=489</link>
						 <description><![CDATA['The provision of childcare services: A comparative...]]></description>
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						 <title>Illegal workers</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=469</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Directive 2009/52/EC 'providing for minimum...]]></description>
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						 <title>Equal opportunities</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=452</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission Communication 'Implementation,...]]></description>
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						 <title>European Globalisation Fund</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=445</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Textile workers in Portugal and Spain could be...]]></description>
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						 <title>Blue Card Directive</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=431</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Directive 2009/50/EC 'on the conditions of entry...]]></description>
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						 <title>Parental leave</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=428</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European social partners have signed a new...]]></description>
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						 <title>Skills forceast</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=403</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Centre for the Development of...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment initiative</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=387</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The 18-19 June European Council will receive...]]></description>
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						 <title>European Year of Volunteering</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=386</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is to propose that...]]></description>
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						 <title>Renewable energy</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=385</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A Commission study suggests that the Union's...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment Summit</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=345</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[An EU 'Employment Summit' has identified 10...]]></description>
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						 <title>European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=338</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has given details of changes to the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Pensions</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=333</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has issued a Report 'On some key...]]></description>
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						 <title>Pay guidelines</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=322</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Recommendations on remuneration in the financial...]]></description>
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						 <title>2009 Ageing Report</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=317</link>
						 <description><![CDATA['Dealing with the impact of an ageing population...]]></description>
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						 <title>Working Time Directive</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=314</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Meeting in the Conciliation Committee, Parliament...]]></description>
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						 <title>Special Olympics</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=312</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament has adopted a written...]]></description>
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						 <title>Solidarity between generations</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=310</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The first European Day of Solidarity between...]]></description>
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						 <title>Roma</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=296</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A new European platform for Roma inclusion aims to...]]></description>
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						 <title>Executive Pay Directive?</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=228</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Corporate Governance Forum has...]]></description>
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						 <title>Retirement age ruling</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=209</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Court of Justice has clarified the...]]></description>
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						 <title>2008 COMdocs</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=206</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A raft of COMdocs from December 2008...]]></description>
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						 <title>Pay gap</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=205</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Ahead of International Women's Day, the...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Women and ICT</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=201</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Five major ICT companies are signing a 'Code of...]]></description>
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						 <title>Gender equality</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=194</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2009) 77 is the Report 'Equality between women...]]></description>
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						 <title>EU employment and social situation</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=175</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A new 'Monthly monitoring report' on the employment...]]></description>
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						 <title>Social Protection</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=166</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The 'Joint Report on Social Protection and Social...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Social protection</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=163</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A 'Proposal for the Joint Report on Social Protection...]]></description>
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						 <title>Spanish car workers seek EU funding</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=157</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[An application from Spain for assistance under the...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment Guidelines</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=133</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[COM (2008) 869 is a Proposal for a Council Decision...]]></description>
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						 <title>National progress on the Lisbon Strategy</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=129</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In the context of the European Economic Recovery...]]></description>
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						 <title>Employment of illegal immigrants</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=123</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Companies which employ illegal immigrants could be...]]></description>
					 </item><item>
						 <title>Sick leave and annual leave - ECJ Judgment</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=115</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Court of Justice has ruled in two cases...]]></description>
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						 <title>Road transport</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=112</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Commission has adopted a package of...]]></description>
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						 <title>Bulgarian and Romanian workers</title>
						 <link>http://www.eia.org.uk/view.php?id=76</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Greece, Hungary, Portugal and Spain have lifted...]]></description>
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